Battleship (2012)
Rihanna, Liam Neeson, and Taylor Kitsch star in the 2012 action movie adaptation of the board game Battleship. They play a group of Navy SEALs who confront an invading fleet of alien ships. As humanity's only hope, they must use all their training and resources to fight the alien invasion and save the planet.
Battleship
- Director
- Peter Berg
- Release Date
- April 11, 2012
- Studio(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Taylor Kitsch , Alexander Skarsgard , Rihanna , Brooklyn Decker , Tadanobu Asano , Hamish Linklater
- Writers
- Jon Hoeber , Erich Hoeber
- Runtime
- 131minutes
- Budget
- $209 million
Summary
Rihanna, Liam Neeson, and Taylor Kitsch star in the 2012 action movie adaptation of the board game Battleship. They play a group of Navy SEALs who confront an invading fleet of alien ships. As humanity's only hope, they must use all their training and resources to fight the alien invasion and save the planet.
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